constrictions
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Current monitoring methods depend on visual surveys by scientists, which often fail to detect invasive constrictors because they're elusive and cryptic.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024
When asked if boa constrictors, lizards, fish or other legally acquired pets met the definition, Haney said the bill was centered on “companion animals” such as dogs or cats.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024
The constrictors have decimated native wildlife, including opossums, rabbits, rats, and foxes, with some suffering a decline of up to 99 percent, according to roadside surveys.
From National Geographic • Dec. 11, 2023
Chloe Clarke, team supervisor at the Reptile Centre in Erdington, said as boa constrictors were not native to the UK, the reptile must have been in captivity.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2023
Their twisted trunks, roots, and vines wrapped themselves around the ruins like gigantic boa constrictors, crushing and swallowing the overturned stones.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
